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TORONTO
SYM PHONY
ORCHESTRA

SIR ERNEST MacMILLAN, Conductor

Twentieth Annual Prospectus

MASSEY HALL

1941 - 1942

T HE Board of Directors of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Association takes pleasure in announcing plans for
the Orchestra’s Twentieth Anniversary series of concerts.

The Subscription Series will consist of the usual ten Tuesday Evening Concerts, four Children’s Orchestral
Matinees, and a new series of four popular-priced Evening Concerts for Secondary School Students.

More and more people are finding the Toronto Symphony Concerts not only a source of entertainment, but also
an unfailing means of inspiration. The interest and enthusiasm of the capacity audiences have never been more apparent.
More than one thousand members of Canada’s armed forces and many British war guests have attended our concerts
as guests of the Association during the past season.

At the close of the 1940-41 season the series ticket subscription for the Orchestra was the largest in our history
and indications are that it will be even larger for the coming season. Those who enjoy the concerts most are the
season ticket holders who attend regularly and thus participate in the varied programme offerings of the season’s con¬
certs.

The Directors of the Association urgently request present subscribers who wish to retain their seats for next season
to make application on the attached form as soon as possible and, in any case, not later than April 19th, 1941. Those
who are not subscribers are urged to make application for reservations at once, as the desirability and economy of season
subscriptions is obvious.

Sir Ernest MacMillan will commence his tenth season as Conductor of the Orchestra. During this period the
Orchestra has shown remarkable growth in musical achievement and now ranks as Canada’s leading Symphony Orches¬
tra. Sir Ernest has presented many Canadian artists whose abilities were beyond question but who had not before won
the public recognition they deserved. He has also included in his programmes many worthwhile works by Canadian
composers.

Following the policy of presenting a large proportion of Canadian artists who have won distinction in the concert
field, the Association will again present at least five soloists who live or were born in our Dominion. Two world-famous
instrumentalists—Artur Rubinstein, pianist, and Joseph Szigeti, violinist, have been secured to round out a very attrac¬
tive list of guest artists. The Conservatory Choir will join forces with the Orchestra in an outstanding choral work to
be announced later. A special programme commemorating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Mozart’s death
will be presented during December.

Our sincere thanks is extended to all those who contributed to the Sustaining Fund of the Orchestra Association
for their support during 1940-1941.

ERNEST SEITZ, brilliant To¬
ronto pianist, will be making his
sixteenth appearance with the Or¬
chestra. Mr. Seitz was one of the
first pianists to appear with the
Orchestra and was the first to draw
a capacity audience at our con¬
certs. It is a great pleasure to
have this fine artist during our
Twentieth Anniversary Season.

JEANNE DUSSEAU, Scottish
Canadian Soprano, will be the solo¬
ist at the opening concert of the
Orchestra’s twentieth season. Since
1937 Madame Dusseau has been
the leading soprano of the Sadler’s
Wells Opera Company. She re¬
cently returned to Canada after
harrowing experiences in London's
air raid shelters. Prior to her en¬
gagement in England, Madame
Dusseau was with the Chicago
Opera Company.

GUEST ARTISTS

KATHLEEN PARLOW. inter¬
nationally famous violinist, has been
re-engaged for next season. Miss
Parlow, long hailed as one of the
world’s most famous violinists, is
well known on both sides of the
Atlantic. Born in Calgary, she
celebrated her thirteenth birthday
playing with the London Philhar¬
monic Orchestra. She has been
soloist with all the leading Sym¬
phony Orchestras, appearing six¬
teen times as guest artist with the
Boston Symphony.

ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, world-
famous pianist, will be making his
first appearance as soloist with our
Orchestra. He has been hailed as
the most exciting pianist of our
time and is probably the busiest of
top-ranking artists, appearing regu¬
larly with the New York Philhar¬
monic Orchestra and the Philadel¬
phia Orchestra. Born in Poland,
he made his American debut in
1906 .

Concert Dates and Major Works to be Performed in the
1941-42 Subscription Series
Programmes subject to alteration

Tuesday, October 2Uh —JEANNE DUSSEAU, Soprano.

Benjamin Britten—llrnt Juic (Suite oE Catalan Dances)
Haycln — (Symphony No. a 3, in G
Tscbaikowsky — Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Tuesday, November llt/i —ERNEST SEITZ, Pianist.
Mackenzie—Overture "Britannia"

Bach Mazzoleni— Prelude on "A Safe Stronghold our God
is still." Concerto to be announced.

Beethoven—Symphony No. 3 in E flat (Eroica)

Tuesday, November 25th —KATHLEEN PARLOW, Violinist.
Ravel—Suite "Ma Mere 1'Oye” (Mother Goose)
Tschaikotvsky-MGoncerto in D for Violin and Orchestra
Brahms — Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Tuesday, December 9th— MOZART PROGRAMME.

(150th anniversary of Mozart’s death occurs on Dee. 5th,

“Jupiter” Symphony

"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” (A little Nocturne)

Sinfonie Concertante, for violin and viola with Orchestra,
the solo parts to be played by Elie Spivak and Cecil
Figelski

Tuesday, January 5th —ELLEN BALLON, Pianist
Handel-Elgar — Overture in D minor
William Walton — Symphony

Vaughan Williams—Fantasia for Strings on a Theme of
, Thomas Tallis

Concerto to be announced

Tuesday, January 20th— SPECIAL PROGRAMME WITH
CONSERVATORY CHOIR. To be announced.
Tuesday, February 3rd- ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, Pianist.
Beethoven—Symphony No. 4, in B flat
Brahms—Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra
Arthur Benjamin-Overture to an Italian Comedy
Tuesday, February 17 th —ORCHESTRAL PROGRAMME.
Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G
Sibelius — “The Swan of Tuonela”

Elgar — Variations on an original Theme (“Enigma”)
Debussy — The Afternoon of a Faun
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade
Tuesday, March 3rd —JOSEPH SZIGETI, Violinist.

Delius—“The Walk to the Paradise Garden”

Schumann—Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Brahms—Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra
Tuesday, March 17th —PROGRAMME TO BE CHOSEN
BY THE ORCHESTRA.

ELLEN BALLON was born in
Montreal and startled the musical
world by making her concert debut
at the age of three and a half
years. She has appeared through¬
out the United States, Canada and
Europe. Five years ago Miss Bal¬
lon went to Europe where she tour¬
ed with great success the Scandina¬
vian countries on the International
Celebrity Concert Series. She re¬
turned to the American concert
stage last season with a recital at
New York Town Hall.

JOSEPH SZIGETI is probabl
the greatest of contemporary vio-
jinis ts. He is often referred to as
the “Philosopher of the Violin” and
“The Musicians’ Musician”. Szigeti
made his debut at the age of thir¬
teen and has lived most of his life
in London and Paris with regular
trips to America for concert tours.
He appeared with the Orchestra in
1934 and received a tremendous
ovation for his playing of the Bee¬
thoven Concerto.

SUBSCRIPTION FORM

SEASON 1941-1942

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ion

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concerts are sold at a 20% discount off regular
box office prices; subscr.oers receive their tickets
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and thus, in addition to a substantial cash sav¬
ing, are relieved of the problem of lining up at
the box office on concert nights to obtain their
tickets.

PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS have priority
of choice of location and may retain their same
seats for the coming series. Saturday, April
19th, is the last day that this privilege can be
exercised.

NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS are filled in the
order in which they are received and are on
sale daily from 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. at the
Symphony Office, 178 Victoria Street. Reserva¬
tions should be made promptly if choice loca¬
tions are desired.

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series cannot be accepted at the reduced subscrip¬
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taking the entire series. Those who cannot
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scription with a friend. Tickets make ideal gifts
for any occasion. Season tickets are payable in
advance, but upon application the management
will arrange convenient terms for those unable
to pay the entire amount at the present time.

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